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Stormzy – Sampha’s Plea (2022) | Track profile | Dork

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This Is What I Mean
Sampha’s Plea

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Sampha’s Plea

Release date: 25th November 2022

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About This Track

"Sampha’s Plea" is a track by Stormzy, from the album This Is What I Mean, released 25th November 2022. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 19 articles about Stormzy.

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Lyrics

Sampha’s Plea

[Intro: Sampha]

Oh, please, oh, please

Oh, please, yeah, yeah, mm

Mm-m-mm

[Verse 1: Sampha]

Oh, please, could you help me to be

More proactive instead of reactive?

Act on truth instead of distractin'

Let it strain through when I need a language, oh

Oh, please, could you help me to be, mm

Stay patient instead of just snappin'?

Stay rooted instead of just packin'?

I've been vacant, I've been somewhere out, I've been lackin', oh

Oh, please, I

Oh, please, I need the sun through thе trees

I need the cooling of the breeze

I need rеflection by the sea, I need

Oh-oh-oh, please, mm

And I'm down on my knees

And I'm lookin' for the water to be my space

To refresh my faith

To make me feel like there's more to life than what's beyond

More to life than, uh

Oh, please, oh, please

Oh, please, oh, please

Oh, please

[Verse 2: Sampha]

No, please, don't leave me in debt, I

There's a future I need to invest, I

There's a seed that I need to protect, I

Zero in and laser those threats, I

Oh, please, don't leave me distressed, I

Oh, I need to relieve these regrets, I

Yeah, but, please, don't leave just yet, I

I still need your force like a Jedi, mm, yeah

And girl, I'm beggin', beggin', beggin' you

Oh, please, oh, please

I've been beggin', beggin', beggin' you

Oh, star soul, please

I've beggin', beggin', beggin' you

Oh, please, oh, please

I'll be beggin', beggin', beggin' you, mm

[Outro: Sampha]

Please, don't leave me like this

No, please, don't leave me like this, no, no

Please, don't leave me like this, no

Please, don't leave me like this, no

Please, don't leave me like this, no

Please, don't leave me like this, no

Please, don't leave me like this, no

Please, don't leave me like this, no

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Track details

From This Is What I Mean

2022

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Album

This Is What I Mean

25th November 2022

Release year

2022

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5:25
3Firebabe (feat. Debbie)
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29 Nov 2022 • 9:54 am

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Please

2:55

5Need You (feat. tendai & Ayra Starr)

7My Presidents Are Black

8Sampha's Plea (feat. Sampha)

10Bad Blood (feat. NAO)

11I Got My Smile Back (feat. India.Arie)

12Give It To The Water (feat. Debbie & Jacob Collier)

—Give It To The Water

—This Is What I Mean

—I Got My Smile Back

—Sampha’s Plea

—This Is What I Mean

—Give It To The Water

—Sampha's Plea

—I Got My Smile Back

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Owen Cutts, Reuben James, Sampha, Stormzy
Producer: Owen Cutts
Bass: Linden Jay
Keyboards: Dion Wardle, Owen Cutts
A&R Coordinator: Chloe Brooker
Assistant Recording Engineer: Calum Landau
Mastering Engineer: Dale Becker
Mixing Engineer: Mark “Spike” Stent
Piano: Dion Wardle, Jacob Collier
Recording Engineer: Joel Peters